Just as nothing is black and white, nothing is pure good or pure bad. It's always a matter of degree, I think. My personal views on religion neither interfere with my objective perceptions of relgion nor mitigate the degree of oppressive control most religions have exercised through the delicate art of evil. (with nods to Rigsey.)
On Jun 25, 3:17 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds good on the surface, Gruff, but what about the extremes of > bad? Do we view heinous crimes as just bad behavior? Perhaps your > perception of evil is maligned by personal views towards religion. > Does evil only have a religious connotation? > > On Jun 25, 4:28 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Evil is a religious term of art designed to put the fear of god into > > you by classifying some human behavior as bad and other, far worse, > > evil, because you only suffer temporarily for being bad but if you're > > evil you go straight to hell and burn for all eternity. I prefer to > > use the terms good and bad to classify human behavior. Good and bad > > do not carry the baggage of religion and thus make for a more perfect > > balance of judgment. > > > On Jun 24, 1:51 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A simple question, or is it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
